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- American Field Heat&oarter*;
m France, Oct 3d? America is
on the firing line in France. >
At the stroke of six of a re
cent morning a red haired Irish
American sent Amerirars fint
shell s&zfing across No Man's,
Land at a German t^titeiy . p$s
"th? Yankees are coming!" " .
That afternoon they came.
Tb^T marched to battle through
llqsh and mid.. But. on their
-j
iat night An&nscan : infantry
id American' artflley in first
trenches on a qui#**?**
later, a contingent of some bat
trfeu Of osr firet contingents
m iwsoctafioo f with veteran
French bataJKons are in thkfirst
line trenches of a quiet sector
Oft the French front " ' C -v
"They are supported by some
batffiries of our artifiery, in fts
wrfitiofl with veteran French
oauenes. - , ?*??... - . ?
lector remains normal
pBifSfeB have adapted 4hetp>
iahw to actual trench cbndi
tions in the most satisfactory
manner."
There is the plain matter-of
fact Jypical millitary, ty pically
American bulletin that ushers in
tn epoch in the history of man
kind For a mere war corres
pondent to try to elucidate or
add to a*M its simple words
imply would be foolfch gind
ynt? Will they go soon? Have
days official statement
took u^i tbfeit positit
. Cm*1 >^v> * a-' * -? ? ^
[answer from-every side.
Wlatt the feelings of these
men wereiathat momeittis a
haye'sinee testified, t&itno fin?
setof wen bave evfer gone into
action. A ioly f^ef seemed.
these critical iime
slacker." d
"Intelligent public opinion,
without, which we., cannot have
democraejv the?; sum t#aT;bf
the opiiuoib of indiVidua] citt
zens. and the opinions of these
citizens mustbe formed larger
from thenews which is printed
in the newspapers.
? "By failing to read the news*
papers' and to consider its signif
icance, a man is shriking his
doQ*toitis dottntifc justfes^nriy
as he is wbea he failslto express
his opinions by casting bis vote.
"I used to have, in other tin
a roll of greenbacks handy
always could dig up the
to buy the kids some candy. 7
cried, **I have to have a borin<
I stripped an X off and repl
uGo blow yourself, doggone
But now I never jhave a pli
was threatened, but ft .ton
jrfiift: in thetirhid. which
the flames toward the
tions which were stored 006 pier
& fell prey to the flames. Pier
9. updo which It was said much |
ezplosiye8 were stored* suffered
less than SJ5 a month and
lot exceed one-half of a
Class A. In the case of a
to his wife {including a foi
wife divorced) and to his wi
(b) If there be * Wife and one
(c) If there be a wife and two
should bfi
^alfalfa. Not teoUian^two
h no hope of prices getting
tional
P<# <* death, run*!
minimum of $20 monthlj
mo?herlc8i^ildor|?m
to a childless widow, tb*
mum of $75 monthly to a i
?n case of total disability, the
monthly compensatioimms from
a minimum of $30, if the injured
man has neither wife nor child
Uvin ?. maximtJtri of $75 if
he hiB a wife and three or more
children living with$10 a month
extra if he has* widowed, moth
er dependent upon him. ,
The maximum is enlaced (till
f u rthaifrior ? ; when the disabled
E'i "7. 'i! ??&>?. ' .
be added* If the disability is
due to the loss of both feet, both
hands or total blindness of both
ly is ^antedf
The law contemplates future
for the c
i lull pay
V- &
Washington, Oct. 27.--Amen
can liberty rolled up
$5,000,000,000 aior$"tomakethe
world safe ^|^ocracy.n S
confusing
.7?Tk
Ip
Total ..$4,555,000,900
% Various estimated are being
made tonight on the amount oi
the over-subscription, some of
the liberty loan optimists even
asserting that -the figure may
reach as high as $6,000^00.000.
While there is little in the pro
portionate increase of the fig
ures of the last two davs to give
support to1 a great over-subscrip
tion, even the most conser vative
men are predicting that the loan
will go easily to half a million
above the maximum. From every
federal reserve district the re
ports .were that the subscription?
were coming in so rapidly that
&was impossible to record them
and tabulate them in any sort of
speed to get to the Washington,
headquarters tonight New sales
were being reported by lele
I At 9:30 o'clock tonight Secrei
tarv McAdoo authorized the fol